Garment-fastener



Nb. 749,026. PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904. J. 0. CHRISTENSEN.

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' UNITED STATES Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE;

JOSEPH OORBETT CHRISTENSEN, or SANTA RoSA, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,026, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed May 13 1903. Serial No. 156,9 l3. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH CoRBETT CHRISTENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Rosa, in the county of Sanoma and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined shirt-waist fasteners and skirt-supporters; and its object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and compact device having novel means for securely en- A further object is to provide a locking device for the waist-securing means, said look also serving as a support for the skirt.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in providing a baseplate in which is journaled a rod having a series of U-shaped hooks extending therefrom. This rod has a lug extending laterally therefrom and is so located that after the hooks have been inserted through at waist and brought into position with their ends against the base-plate further movement thereof is prevented by means of a pivoted skirt-engaging hook, which is adapted to be swung into the path of the lug and lock the rod.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved skirt-supporter and waist-fastener. Fig. 2 is a section therethrough and showing the same connected to a waist and skirt, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the blank from which the baseplate is formed.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference,-1 is a base-plate having a hook 2 formed at one end of one edge thereof and eyes 3 formed integral therewith at the ends of its opposite edge. One of these eyes has a lug 4 extending laterally therefrom into the path of a lug 5, which is secured to and rotates with a rod 6, journaled within the eyes 3. U-shaped hooks 7 are fastened in any suitable manner within rod 6, and the movement thereof in one direction is limited by the ends thereof being brought into contact with the base-plate, while movement in the opposite direction is limited by the lug 5 coming into contact with lug 4. (See Fig. 2.)

Pivoted to the base-plate 1, adjacent to the end thereof removed from hook 2, is a plate 8, havinga hook 9 at its lower end which is similar to the-hook 2, before referred to. This plate is so shaped as to extend upward into the path of the lug 5 when the hook is in normal position, and thereby lock the ends of the hook 7 in contact with the base-plate. When, however, the plate 8 is swung laterally upon its pivot, the rod 6 can be rotated so as to swing the ends of the hooks 7 outward from the base-plate, this movement being limited by the lug 4, which extends into the path of lug 5.

In using this device the plate 8 is swung laterally, so as to leave the rod 6 free to rotate. This rod 6 is then turned in its bearings, so as to swing the ends of the hooks 7 away from the base-plate and in such position as to permit them to be readily inserted into a waist. After this insertion said hooks are swung inward into contact with the baseplatel, and plate Sis then swung upon its pivot into position in rear of lug 5, and thereby locks the rod 6 against rotation. Eyes 10, arranged upon the inner surface of a band of a skirt 11, are then placed upon the hooks 9, and it will thus be seen that said skirt, as well as the waist, will be securely held in such position. It is impossible to detach the waist until after the skirt has been removed from hooks 9 and 2, and the hook 9 is then swung upon its pivot, so as to free the lug 5. As the hooks 7 extend laterally from the rod 6, it will be understood that a downward pull upon the base-plate will cause the hooks to rotate the rod 6, thereby swinging the hooks into such position as to permit them to be readily withdrawn from the waist.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but-I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications maybe made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what 5 is claimed as new isl. In a device of the character described, the combination with a revoluble rod having a waist-engagin g hook thereon; of a combined rod-lock and skirt-engaging book:

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base-plate; of a rod journaled thereon, a waist-engaging hook extending from the rod, and a skirt-engaging hook mounted upon the base-plate and adapted to lock the rod against rotation.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base-plate; of a rod journaled thereon, a waist-engaging hook extending from the rod, a skirt-engaging hook 2o pivoted to the base-plate and adapted to lock the rod against rotation, and means for limiting the movement of the rod.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a plate having a rod journaled thereon, and waist-engaging hooks extending from the rod; of a skirt-engaging hook pivoted to the plate, and a lug upon the rod adapted to be engaged by said hook to prevent rotation of the rod.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a plate having a revoluble rod journaled thereon, waist-engaging hooks extending from the rod, and a lug upon said rod; of a skirt-engaging hook pivoted to the plate and adapted to move into the path of the lug and lock the rod against rotation.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination with a plate having eyes thereon, a lug upon one of the eyes; of a rod journaled within the eyes, waist-engaging 4o hooks extending from the rod, a lug on said rod, and a skirt-engaging hook pivoted to the plate and adapted to be moved into the path of the lug on the rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH CORBET'I CHRISTENSEN.

Witnesses:

W. S. WEST, O. R. SUND. 

